Is this suggesting that an atom’s nucleus is made up of something different that protons and neutrons? Maybe, the nucleus is made up of one package of all the essential partials that give to the atom’s structure? I really am not to learned on this topic, and I had a hard time tracking down a picture of an Atomic nucleus.
Help?
-Guy
Protons and Neutrons are made up of Quarks.
Yes, that I knew. Protons are two ups, and one down. Neutrons are two downs one up. However, neutrino are not made up of quarks. They are leptons. So this leads me to think that the nucleus of an atom is not just quarks. The math is this:
One neutron yeilds one protron+ one electron +one antineutrino
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two down quarks + one up quark yeilds two up quarks + one down quark+ one electron +one antineutrino